Letters to the Editor: Protection of Irish honey bee deserves the support of all

Dermot Timmins from Garristown dressed as a beekeeper and Celeste Buckler, 3,  from Inchicore in support of a bill, at Leinster House, to prevent imports that harm the native Irish honey bee.

Ireland’s native honey bee was thought by many to be extinct and hopes that it might survive in the wild were dismissed.

Apis mellifera mellifera, known as the black bee in Ireland, is under threat of extinction across northern Europe, having been lost in many countries due to the importation of other types of honey bee by beekeepers.